I, Azure Commander!

"I see... He is indeed a very good commander."

Peter Strasser finally came to his senses and said sincerely.

Not all commanders are so stubborn, but at least on the surface, all commanders want to save face. It would be very embarrassing to be refuted by your own ship girl in front of others.

But the commander was not angry at all. His broad mind alone is enough to make people admire him.

Perhaps from a human perspective, this is somewhat inappropriate, but in the eyes of the ship girls, this is undoubtedly a very excellent commander who respects the ship girls very much.

"However, this one..." Peter Strasser was halfway through his speech when he remembered that he didn't know who the ship girl in front of him was, and he suddenly stood there in embarrassment.

"Noshiro."

"So it's Miss Noshiro. Then Miss Noshiro, can I ask why you object?"

As expected, after this scene, Peter Strasser suddenly became more interested in the people in front of him. In addition to wanting to get to the bottom of things, he also wanted to keep them.

Moreover, even though she appeared calm on the surface, she was actually a little surprised when she heard the name Noshiro.

After all, it is a code-named, super rare ship girl, and it is also one of the most powerful among all light cruisers. It has the ability to assist its companions, making it particularly reassuring as a frigate.

"It's simple. Because it's troublesome and there are certain risks. I don't think there is any need for us to take action."

Peter Strasser frowned. "I don't agree with that. If those Sirens really invade us in large numbers..."

"Even if something like this really happens, if they don't have eyes, our port area alone is enough to wipe them out."

Noshiro said this calmly, which was indeed the truth but surprised Peter Strasser greatly.

"Ms. Noshiro, do you know what you are talking about? That's five people..."

"I know, Miss Director, five Siren ship girls, but for our port area, this is nothing."

Noshiro looked calmly at Peter Strasser in front of her. Her rather dignified look was totally different from the increasingly gentle Noshiro that Lin Xiao had in mind.

"If necessary... For example, if the enemy is hindering the commander, we have even sunk the testers and purifiers in the Siren."

Peter Strasser no longer wanted to talk. She now felt that this ship girl was somewhat mentally abnormal.

Are you kidding? Testers and Purifiers? They were the real high-ranking members of the Sirens. They had never taken action except when the Sirens invaded humans. But that one time, they left a deep psychological trauma on the ship girls on the battlefield at that time.

Compared with the lower-level Siren Ships such as Executors or Agents, Testers and Purifiers are completely from another dimension. According to the oral statements and estimates of those old predecessors, even an entire fleet of level 100 fully-broken Ships cannot defeat a lone Tester or Purifier.

In order to sink a ship of that level, conservatively speaking, six ship girls like her with a training level of 110 or above are needed. They must also have powerful enough ship equipment. There cannot be ship girls like the old war-weary senior with backward ship equipment to make up the numbers.

What does this mean? She is the director of the Maritime Bureau of Lumba City! The directors of the Maritime Bureaus in six important areas have to put down all their work and gather together regardless of the safety of their respective sea areas to fight against a tester or purifier.

This is of course impossible to happen, unless the Sirens once again launch an all-out war and force humans and ship girls into a desperate situation.

Even though the Maritime Administration had to mobilize half of its combat power to barely deal with the enemy, she had the audacity to say that she could sink it with just one port?

If this isn’t a mental problem, what is?

The patience that had just risen up suddenly disappeared again. She frowned and didn't plan to talk anymore. She had to deal with today's work quickly. According to the plan, she had to go to the Naval Academy this afternoon.

"Director, thank you for your hard work. I made you a pot of tea. Um..."

Just when Peter Strasser was about to see the guest off, a tall ship girl pushed the door open as if she was used to it, holding a plate with a cup of steaming tea on it.

Nachi looked at the director with a strange expression with some embarrassment. Feeling the stagnant atmosphere in the air, he subconsciously stepped back.

"Ms. Nachi?"

Yorktown reacted quickly, tilted his head back, poked his head out from the sofa and greeted her.

"Miss Yorktown?!"

Nachi paused, then hesitantly brought the tea over and placed it on Peter Strasser's desk. He glanced casually and saw Lin Xiao sitting on the sofa. He was startled again, mouth wide open, and said in astonishment: "Commander Lin Xiao?! And Miss Noshiro and Miss Sirius..."

This immediately broke the gradually stagnant atmosphere. Peter Strasser turned to look at her, "Nachi, do you know them?"

"Of course, Chief, they are the ones who helped us fight off the Sirens earlier! I thought you were going to discuss that matter with them this afternoon... No, why is Miss York City here too?"

Nachi was stunned again, and then seemed to have thought of something, looking at Lin Xiao with even more surprise.

So the commander that Miss Yorktown mentioned was him?! This is really... quite a coincidence.

"Well, you guys chat slowly, I'll be leaving first."

Nachi immediately noticed that the atmosphere at the scene was a little strange. After hesitating for a moment, he left with the tray, and did not forget to close the office door before leaving.

"boom--"

As the door closed, it was visible that Peter Strasser's expression became quite...conflicted.

She realized that perhaps the Miss Noshiro in front of her was not talking nonsense and there was nothing wrong with her mental state.

Because according to the previous descriptions of Nachi and Bengjie, the Miss Sky Eagle who went to support, including the few who came later, were all ship girls under the command of Commander Lin Xiao, and their strength was almost as good as her, the Director of the Maritime Bureau.

Especially Miss Sky Eagle, her powerful strength was fully demonstrated in that desperate battle situation. She faced the Siren army alone and overcame the disadvantage in the airspace. Peter believed that he did not have that ability.

Noshiro smiled a little, "I think we should have a serious talk again?"

Peter Strasser didn't say anything, but nodded weakly. When she found out that Lin Xiao was the "trainee" commander she was looking for, she lost all her confidence.

But he was the director of the Maritime Bureau after all, so he managed to stay calm. After taking a deep breath, he looked at Noshiro and said, "Well, Miss Noshiro, I need your help now. What will it take for you to help me?"

Noshiro smiled calmly and said, "Please don't misunderstand Miss Peter. As I said, our commander is very happy to help the director and do this trivial matter. He doesn't need any compensation. He just needs to reimburse the expenses incurred in the battle and the cost of repairs. However, we also have some more difficult matters that need the director's help."

Putting both parties on a nearly equal footing means the real start of the negotiation, and letting one's side take the initiative is the art of negotiation.

As luck would have it, everything seemed to be going more smoothly than originally expected, and the next thing to do was to formally negotiate the terms.

"Please tell me."

Peter Strasser also reacted now, and did not look at Noshiro, but at Lin Xiao who was sitting aside watching the show.

After all, the ship girls still follow the commander's lead. Even if all this happened without the commander's instructions, it definitely happened with his tacit approval.

She, Peter Strasser, the director of the Maritime Administration, was tricked...

"It's like this, I have two things here that I need Miss Peter's help with."

Lin Xiao sat up straight and spoke very sincerely.

There was no disguise in this sincerity. After all, Noshiro did so much just to make the other party pay enough attention to him and realize the equality of both parties. In essence, neither he nor Noshiro had any bad intentions.

"First, the situation on my side..."

Lin Xiao briefly explained his current predicament to Peter Strasser - the dormitories provided by the Naval Academy were not enough.

"So you want me to help you with your accommodation problem?"

After listening to this, Peter Strasser felt a little confused. With so many powerful ship girls, would they be short of money for accommodation?

"I mean... Miss Peter, don't you think that renting a house or staying in a hotel is just a temporary solution? Besides, you can't open an extra room for every additional ship girl in the future, right?"

"..."

What's going on? Why does it seem like salvaging a boat is as easy as eating or drinking in his mouth?

Is she behind the times? Is it easy for commanders to salvage ships nowadays?

No, that's obviously not possible.

"So, Commander Lin Xiao means..."

"I want to get the port area in advance." Lin Xiao no longer concealed his intention and directly stated his purpose. "The location is not important, but it has to be big enough. We have a lot of people in the port area... Well, it should be able to accommodate hundreds of ship girls."

……

The corners of Peter Strasser's mouth twitched. Hundreds? Are you kidding?

Even the top veteran commanders she knew only had forty or fifty ship girls under their command. This was already quite astonishing. Many excellent commanders worked hard all their lives, but still had less than ten ship girls under their command.

What about this guy? He asked for hundreds of dollars?

"This is no joke, Miss Peter."

Lin Xiao seemed to see the other party's confusion and speechlessness, and said in a tone that was not at all joking: "In fact, this is also related to the second thing I want to talk about that needs your help."

Amid Peter Strasser's skeptical look, Lin Xiao slowly uttered words that were almost world-shocking.

"You mean, you already had hundreds of ship girls under your command, but for some reason, you left the port for three years, so they all got separated?"

"Yes, that's what I meant."

Lin Xiao nodded affirmatively.

Peter Strasser took a deep breath, rubbed his brow, and asked back: "Commander Lin Xiao, excuse me, how old are you this year?"

"Um... 22 years old."

“So three years ago, you were only 19?”

"That's right."

"So you're telling me that when you were 19 years old, you already had hundreds of ship girls under your command?"

"Yes."

"Even if you've been salvaging ships since you were born, you've salvaged at least a dozen shipgirls a year, which is less than one a month on average?"

"……Correct."

Lin Xiao shrugged helplessly. In fact, it only took him four years. After all, the gap between the game and reality was too big. He also knew why Peter Strasser was so helpless and unbelievable. In fact, if he put himself in his shoes, he would definitely not believe it.

But unfortunately, personal power is limited after all. If he wants to find the ship girl at home as soon as possible, the power of the Maritime Administration is indispensable, so he must tell part of the truth to the Director of the Maritime Administration and ask her to help keep an eye out for the ship girl who may be in his own port area.

"Miss Peter, this may sound incredible to you, but I think that the more than 20 ship girls in our port area can explain some of the problems."

Peter Strasser was silent for a long time. After a while, he finally accepted what Lin Xiao said and said, "Okay, okay, I'll take what you said as true. But even so, there are so many ship girls in this world. How can I confirm which ones might be yours?"

"Regarding this question, the ship girls in our port area do have some characteristics..."

"uh-huh?"

"First of all, they would never think of looking for the commander."

"There are many ship girls like this."

Peter Strasser spread his hands, she herself was one of them.

"In addition, the vast majority of them, probably more than 95%, are fully-broken ship girls with a training level of more than level 70."

"puff--!"

Peter Strasser spat out a mouthful of tea and looked at Lin Xiao in shock, who didn't seem to be joking at all, with an expression that said "Are you kidding me?"

Chapter 56: Try to become the Director of Maritime Affairs Bureau?

"Commander Lin Xiao, do you know what your words mean?" Peter Strasser felt that he was about to need a dose of quick-acting heart-saving medicine.

"I am certain."

"You might as well say that all the fully-broken shipgirls above level 70 in this world belong to your family..."

“I don’t think it’s that exaggerated.”

At most... maybe half? Or a little more than a third.

Lin Xiao had no idea about these things, but logically speaking, their port was first established seven years ago, and the history of the Siren invasion in this world is several decades long. The impact on this world should not be too great, right?

Anyway, according to the description of the ship girls at home, their port area has basically had no contact with the outside world for so many years except for running commissions, and the training level of the ship girls who run commissions is generally not very high, so they should not have received much attention.

Otherwise, rumors about a super port area would have spread around the world a long time ago...

But the fact is, in such a long time in this world, Lin Xiao has never heard anything about his own port area from any channel. In other words, their original port area seems to be unknown to the public.

But it does exist. The ship girls at home can tell where the original port area is. It's just a bit far from here, and it seems to have been abandoned for a long time, so Lin Xiao has no chance to go and see it. He will go and see it when he has time in the future.

Although according to the ship girls, there is no point in going there now, although it is not yet a ruin, it is already dilapidated and deserted.

However, Lin Xiao still wanted to go and take a look at his former "port area", perhaps he could find some clues.

"Okay, okay... I'll take note of what you said, but the scope is still too broad. Even if you ask me to help you find someone, I can't just ask a highly skilled ship girl if she knows Lin Xiao, right?"

"Can't you?"

"Of course not! Wouldn't it be awkward if they didn't recognize me? I'm the Director of the Maritime Administration, the Director of the Maritime Administration! Please respect the elders, or I'll be considered a pervert."

"Well, let me think about it... How about this, you help me keep an eye out for those ship girls of a higher level."

"Higher, how high?"

About one hundred and twenty...

Lin Xiao thought about it but decided not to say it out loud as it was too scary.